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The Indianapolis journal., 1887-12-06
as TICKLED AS ANYBODY.
Singular Case of = Man Who Was Sure HI
Had Swallowed His False Teeth.
Oil City (Pa.l Special.

Singular Case of = Man Who Was Sure He
Had Swallowed His False Teeth.
Oil city (Pa-) Special.
Siuclairsville, is the victim Of an odd incident
that has created great deal of amusement in
this section. In attempting to eat an apple, the
other day, he discovered that his false teeth
were missing. He once concluded that he had
swallowed them. He said to his wife that he
could feel them in his stomach, and DR.. Stevens
was summoned in much haste. The Doctor
made a careful diagnosis, and was at loss to
know how a large plate, covering the entire up-
per jaw, and this filed with teeth, could pass
into the stomach and Mr.. Pettis not be aware of
it at the time. DR.. Stevens said some soothing
words TO the patient, advised him not to think
much about the teeth, and withdrew.
Mr.. Pettis did not believe the treatment he
his. and, taking his wife with him,
boarded the first train for Buffalo, where he
could consult an eminent surgeon. DR.. Stevens,
in the meantime. telegrsphed to Buffalo to be
sure the teeth were in the man from Sinclairs-
vile before cutting him open. Two or three
Buffalo doctors examined Mr.. Pettis. and were
unable to locate the hard substance which he
assured them was slowly killing him. Mr.. Pet
tbs was of the opinion that he should be cut open
without delay, as he knew it would come this
sooner later At this juncturs . selegrau.
clairsvle. that the plate, with all tho teeth in
tact, had been found between Mr.. Pettiss house
and his barn.
In reply to q crowd OF grinning neigh bors, who
met Mr.. Pettis at the depot on his return. he
said: II suppose you fellows awfully tickled,
but you are not tickled half much as AN,
and don't you forget itD
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old. Cutmeats firm; picked bellies 7ssc; light
smoking bellies, SIC; picked shoulders TIC;
picked hams. l04c. Lard II @ Ii points higher;
Z700I7ec: January, Z7O07.63c; February,
79lc; Nav. sos 0S.15c; June, S.1l0sl6c; city
steam, 7.60c.
Butter firm and unchanged Cheese quiet but
firm.
CHICAGO, Dec. Son Change to-day.
when business began ell of the grains were
higher. and the advance held when business
officially begun. May wheat. which closed
on Saturday at s5s Ss54c, opened at Sole and
at 55c. opened at 55sc, aud ten minutes later
sold at 55sc. Provisions we're higher on light
receipts of hogs. May pork opened 10c higher
than last weeks close, at $3.50. Corn and pro-
visions developed into sensational markets in
the first half hour after the opening. The
country set the pace, and the buying by
''shorts" made the advance still more rapid.
May corn did not have a single setback be-
tween 555c and 56sc, the latter figure being
reached by 10 o'clock. When 1t reached this
figure the crowd began to realize that the ad-
vance could not always continue, and began to
sell II reacted speedily to 561c, but there was
strong undertone to the market and further
decline would have encountered stubborn resist
ance. Pork was even more exciting
than corn. The combined effect of the
light receipts, cold weather, ''shorts' cover
ing, and the advance in corn, was
to shoot it up rapidly. January pork. which
opened at Sl4 971. against closeon Saturday
OF $l4 III sold up to SIS 80 without a halt: and
May. At the same time, went to $I5.973. When
the break in corn came, there easing off
of values. May wheat went up to 86s q S6sc. but
reacted with the other markets The usual
Monday gossip about the visible g-ain supply did
not make its appearance until the morning rush
was over. Then it WAS determined by the experts
that the visible supply would show at least l.
900. 600 bushels increase in wheat, and on this
the market sold off sharply. Nav wheat went
back TO S64c, and aeld in the vicinity of S6sc
til the announcement OF only o99O00 bushels in
crease was made when it went up to $3.50. This
figure was too high, apparently, and it reacted
to S63c where it became quite steady. May
corn went back from 56Ec to SOC. 1t the
natural reaction from unnatural advance
There proved to be too many buyers at the lower
figure. however. and when decrease of 869 600
busheles in the visible supply was announced,
May went back again to 565c, and around 56ac be-
came quite steady. When corn and wheat went
back provisions also declined. May pork sold
from sI5 974 down to SIS 20, and January pork
from SIS 80 back to $l507! The leading fu-
fr1ran foIln
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viii Be Present to Claim HIS Fortune.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 5-Dewey Ensign the
boy who must be in Kansas City. Feb. 5. or lose
a fortune, has turned up in San Francisco. His
father died recently. leaving estate worth
$4,000. The son. Dewev, had run away to
California instead of attending school, and the
aneered parent left will with the following
clause: II divide my estate equally between
my wife and son. The latter. however. hall re-
ceive his share only these conditions: Six
months after my death this testament shall bs
opened by Frederick Ensign, my brother in-law,
and James Thorp, of Los Angeles. If nv son
Dewey is present when the document is made pub
lie he shall receive his share If he is NOT then
is NV will that he shall be cut off with the sum
Of $40. The estate shall revert my nephew.
Charles e. Washburn." The detectives searched
Ia vain for the boy. and it was reported to his
mother. now here. that he bad sailed for Aus
tralia Saturday night he turned up, looking
like tramp. It Chico, the Central Pacific
railway He saw q newspaper containing an
account OF the search being made for him. He
bad no money and was unable to write, but tak
ing the Newspaper he showed il to the conductors
along the road. Some of them believed him and
carried him over their divisions Others threw
him off the train. but he finally cot to San Fran.
cisco after saving q pile of fire-wood the Oak
land side of the bay TO raise mi money pay
his way over the ferry. He lad roamed over
the greater part Of the Pacific coast before reach
ing Chico on his way to Nebraska. He will 60
east with his mother to claim the fortune
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GENERAL CAMERON AS WITNESS.
He Tells the Date of His Birth and About .
Railroad He Built in 1887.


Lancaster tPa. special.
Gen. Simon Cameron the sage of Donegal,
was a witness IN court here this afternoon in
the suit OF John L Hartman against the Harris
burg, Portsmouth, Mt JOY q Lancaster Rail-
road Company. to decide the title TO real estate
liz dispute. The line con sisted of four acres ly
ing along the line of the Pennsvlvania Railroad
Company in Mannheim and East Hempheld town
ships this county It originally belonged to the
estate of Joseph Kaufman, who died in 1886.
and devised his estates TO his heirs By pur-
chase at public sale the lot 10 dispute came into
possession of the plaintiff, but previous TO this
the railroad company had appropriated it. The
defense was title bv lapse of time in undieturbed
possession. In ! $685. in the lifetime of Jacob
Kaufman. the original owner, ana with his con-
sent the company went upon his land and built
the road. General Cameron, who was called to
prove that the road was built during kauffmans
time, testified as follows:
II am not a remarkably young man, but not
telling my age, as | have been married. was
born the Sth of March. 1873. You can calcu-
late my age was director of the Harris
burg & Portsmouth railroad. We organized the
company in 1888. and let it to contractors In
1885. It was finished in 1887 The work was
commenced between ChIckies & kaufmans
mill in 1885. l might say / the whole
board. The road was made with the purpose OF
making direct line from Phiiadelphia to Pitts
burg Horse power used for a while on the
road-less than a year-and then steam. At
that day / knew everything belonging to the
road. One of the particular objects had in
making the road along there to have no
lawsuits, and one of the first things did was TO
hire man to pay the damages. vsrybody
wanted the road
General Cameron had quite reception in the
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The Foreign Grain Trade.

LO NDON, Dec. 5.--The Mark Lane Express
says the trading in English wheat was dull but
in London values were steady. Deliveries were
small. Ths provincial markets were weaker
Sales Of English wheat for the week were 81, 4O5
quarters. at 31s Sd, against SO. 455 quarters, at
32s I'd for the corresponding week last year.
Flour depressed. Owing to large arrivals
of foreign wheat the dealings restricted
The excitement in the American option market
failed to effect spot trade here. Reports of the
v heat harvest in Australia and the Argentine
Republic promise a large increase of shipments
Flour was dull Corn was scarce and values are
rising There were four arrivals of wheat dur
ing the week, two were Withdrawn and two re-
main. At to-days market wheat was steady,
and the demand unchanged. Corn was 81 d Is
dearer. Oats were in good inquiry and Sd
higher
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Philadelphia, BaIti-
more. Cincinnati and Othar Potnta

ST. LOUIS. DEG; 5.mFlosr strong and higher.
than Saturday, and steadily .dvaneed W until toward
the close, when it sassd off No 2 red, cash. soho
shu.rD S soss. samns sosns At s1
Max esb s9s at sas Corr s5ong and
Ing 1 .5 5ls Oats strong sa1 S9s
1900 prairie Ss'oO0I1.oO. Bran strong at
sS is Buss assS
Whisky steady As$l.05 Provisions strong; Pork,
nssssmBoasd .houdef: $3.50. long clears 7se;
clear ribs. 7%s5,sc' % short clears, &c. Bacen-BoSed
ss Short Ham. ssss G
lo25012c. Afternoon board-wheat easier, De-
ssssr sss4s s3s M nsn a soss cera bid oTse T
December. 4slsc asked; January. 477ec bid; Febru-
May. bid Msg 500 Oats so6o s. s' wssa
$4,000 bu; corn. $4,000 bu oats. 5o. 900 bu;
Flour COO br. Wheat Su 5000
bu: Data. Is 600 bu: rye. none barley. j. 600 bu.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec; 5..Flour very strong;
other western straight. 81 5o4-5o; winter patents
fair TO choice, $i.40D4S SO Minnesota Gle r. 81 Is
patents. s4.s5 Is. Wheat very strong: advanced
190 atc ungraded. in grain depot 92c choice No
red red. December. s9as Ssoc: January lsc: Feb.
ruary. 80 q a 93c: March, 93a4 D94lec. Corn-Soec
higher: No 8 mixed in grain depot 60c: No. 5 yrI-
low. track, 6Oc; No yellow in grain depot 81
OOZc mixed, elevator, OZr rnlxed, on track, b4c
No 2 mixed, December. 90 a 63c; January. 63 a
63 l2c February 63 064c; March, 63 06ic. Oats
Spot lc higher; Western rejected white SO 9c No.
white, 4Ic; futures SIC higher: fair demand; No 2
white, December. 4Ol4 040ac: January. 4Obsa41c;
February Al 04l1 1sc: March, 411ao42c Provisions
firm: fair jobbine. Pork-Mess. $15.50 q 16: prime
mess. new. $l4 so family mess $16al l6 so Hams.
smoked. 11l20 2lac- Lard firm; refined, 7.750Sc:
steam, 7.6o0765c. Butter firm; good demand;
creamery extra. 3O031c; Western factory. 1s024c.
Eggs firm: Western frsts, 25c. Cheese firm but
quiet Ohio fats IOa a011aac. Receipts-Flour
500 brls; wheat II 700 bn; corn 500 bu; oass.
800 bu Shpments-Wheat, {, 700 bu. corn, 5000
bu: oats, IL, 200 bu.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Dec 5.-Wheat strong and
higher: No hard. December rs SIC; January 73s s4e
May, zoe: No 1 Northern, December. 76sac; Jan
mary, "a SIC: May. u $40: No. Northern, Drcsmber
S3sse; January, 81 SIC: May. 7Sc. Flour firm pat
ent, $4.4O94:5o; bakers, S3.5o037O Receipts
Wheat 36I, 200 bu. Shipmerts-Wheat, 97,44O
bu; -four, 2OS5 bbls
BALTIMORE. Nov. 5.-wheat-western higher;
closing quiet; No. winter red spot, S60S61oc
December. SEQ s64e; January ss40 $3.50; Feb
-rn higher; mixed spot new. 80 $4,000; year. 5sl4o q
6oc. january. 6O4060ascs February. 6106l iec
steamer, 56l40 1870. Oats s-Hgber with good de-
rnand; Western white. 3713sc: Western mixed 35 q
36c Provisions firm with fair dsmands mess peF..
s15.25- Lard. refined. s.50s. Eggs firm at gao
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stenosraphy a Mania with Girls.


How many stenoeraphers do you suppose
there are in Chicago7" was the inquiry of en-
ployment-agency man the other day. The
Stroller would not hazard a guess. About
5000, as near as can make out" said my inter-
roeator. He explained further that their wages
averaged from SO TO SIS a week. a few of the
most competent getting more than the latter
figure and great many receiving less than $40.
They are mostly women, and there is an army of
them constantly In search OF places
The hours are hard, usually
ranging from S 9 in the morning
TO 5 or in the afternoon, with nearly an hour
at noon for lunch But the work ia very con-
fning. The business is entirely overdone."
said my informant. SIT has become sort OF
mania with girls and they going into IL IN
such numbers that the supply is already en-
tirely out of proportion to the demand If had
the education of young girl in charge would
strongly dssuade her from learning steuog-
raphy. In addition to the overcro owdsd state
of the profession. Edison's new phonograph will
entirely dispense with the necessity of stenog-
raphers, il it will do all that is claimed for it.
NV advice to girls who want to ft themselves
to earn living is to try something else than
etenopraphvn
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GRAIN AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Statement Showing the Visible Supply of
Grain in the United States and Canada.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The visible supply OF
grain, estimated by the secretary OF the
Boar0 of Trade, shows a stock of wheat amount
ing to 40. o0OO 900 bu. increase of 500 900; corn
5,GO0.0 200 on. decrease of $4,000; oats, 6,O0O,-
600 bu, a decrease of 30. 900; rye 2s0. 900 bu a
decrease of 4l.000; barley, 5000. 900 bu, de-
crease of 81. 600 hu.
Following is the visible supply of grain on
Saturday. Dec 3. as compiled by the New York
Produce Exchanges:
Wheat. &C. 260 032 bu, an increase of S9S 233;
corn. 5 236, 431 bu, decrease of S68, 40i; oats
8 384 738 bu. decrease of 81. 020; rye, 2SO. .2lS
bu. decrease of 45, 232 barley, 3. 593, 765 bu,
decrease of S9S77
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Elsewhere.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Beeves-Receipts $50,
making 300 for the week; the fresh arrivals in
cudei l1o carloads to be sold 90 carloads For
portation and S3 carloads for slaughterefs direct
The market opened triae 6rmer bnt before the finish
TO prime native steers sold at $500 0o3O per
fair Texas steers sold at 3 so 65; bulls and dry
cows sold at 81 1913. Exports to-day. go beeves;
for the week ending Saturday $50 beeyes, S3 Sheep
and z, 74O quarters of heet.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts. II 200. making Al
with bad finish: common to prime sheep sold at
So 2505 25 common to- to prime lambs sa at 80 S5 0e 60
week. The market dull and lower for live hogs
ct $5.3O05.6O.
ST. LOUIS. Dec: 5.-catt1s-Rsceipts. 800;
two Steers 81 800; fair to good natives S. 80
a4.45: butchers steers. medium to choice S3 100
ran gers. common to good 81. 25 o4. 10.
Rogs-Receipts. 6 100; shipments 200. Market
tos I Yorfsrs and packers msiiam to
prime, 500 >. %; pigs and light grades. common
Sheep-Receipts, 400; shipments, 1,SOO. Market
firm. Fair to fancy S3. 10G4.15.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 5.-The Live Stock Indi
Gator reports: Cattle-Receipts. 1854; shipments
36l1 Good fat strong and shade higher; com
dull but steady good TO cho,c. cornfed 81 rs
s2.Oo02eO: feeding steers $265a3 25; cows
81 20: grass range steers. 81 9003 90;
strong, active and 5o1oc higher. Good to choice
SIS 2o054o common to medium, s4.7O05.15;
Sheep@Receipts, "a; shipments 1876 Market
strong. Good to choice, So. so 40; common to
medium, 81 1.5002.7O.
CHICAGO. Dec 5.-The Drovsrs' Journal re-
ports: Catte-Rsceipts. 10000; shipments 5000
Market steady; good to choice strong: beef steers
So SO04 20: stockers and feeders $1.7503; COVE
bulls and mixed, $1.2502.sOi Texas cattle $15O
O3.
Aes ssssSis Strong %iHsd s. heavy:
Light. S4.S5 $3.50; sIips, $3.4004.SO.
Sheep aud Larnbs-Receipts 5000: shipments
1000. Market active and 1OD I5c higher; natives
s3s4 So Western. SIS. locals; Texans. $3.50
$50; lambs. 81 3. SO.
EAST LIBERTY Pa. Dec. 5.-Cattle-Rsceipts
2224 shipments. 1858. Market slow at last week $
prices. Twenty-ons cars of cattle shipped to New
York to-day.
Hogs-Receirts. $500: shipments 400. Mar
ket dragsv; Philadelnhias, 81. 20 $3.50; Workers..
$3.50 05.4O; mixed. $5.5O05.55; common to fair
1913 05.3 so. Twenty-three of hogs shipped to
New York to-day.
Sheep-Rsceipts. 6OOO shipments, 1000 Mar
ket active good and . shade higher; common and
medium slow at last weeks prices.
CISCINNATI. Dec 5.-Hogs firm: common and
light, "a 90 as. 10: hacking and butchers 5000
$50 Receipts 5000; shipments 1000.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 5.-Swne-Ear supply and
moderate demand. Receipts, 1865 head. Quota
tions, S6.750725.
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A Monster of Another Age.

DEs MONIES, Dec. 5-S. f. Dawson, OF Per.
cv, Wasson county. claims to have discovered
the petrIied remains of a huge monster near
that place. Il lies on the bank and almost in
the bed OF the Des Moines river. The total
length OF the body without the head is forty
feet At nine feet from the tail il Is four feet
fve inches wide. The head seems TO have been
detached from the BODY and lies about forty five
feet distant, mp the stream.
Mr.. Dawson says, in support OF bis theory
that this is the petrifed remains of some extinct
monster, that II is unlike the stone formation OF
that vicinity and is not the same all the va
through. He says that he finds spar or
quartite formation where the intestinal canal
and blood vessels should be. while different
form alton 10 s~en in other parts The general
appearance Of the deposit Is that of a darkish
blue stone. turning grayish on the outside. He
10 confident that it 10 the stone remains of some
huge emphibiau Of the carbon!feroue age.
The Indianapolis journal., 1887-12-06
INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
Trade Active in Most Departments and .
Strong, Firm Tone Prices.

Trad0 Active IN Most Departments and =
Strong, Firm Tone Prices
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 5.
The week opens with an active trade in nearly
ali departments. The dry goods men were busy
Mail orders liberal aud a number of buyers were
in from the surrounding towns On all lines of
goods there is upward rather than a down
ward tendency in prices, especially is this no.
ticeable in WOODEN goods The dry goods trade
AMI that of fancy notions for some days to come
promises TO be large. Grocers busy to-day
The firm tone TO sugars is still noticeable, while
coffses rule steady. With the approach of the
holidays there is increasing demand for
canned goods, spices, rasins etc. Starch firm at
quotations. In other lines there is q fair trade
with unchanged prices. Druggists
are experiencing good trade, es-
pecally in fancy perfumes and goods
that sell during holiday times The
confsctionsrs pressed with orders, usual
in early December. The hide market is weak
in tone. Reports from the East disappoiut-
ing. The market rules sluggish, and prices
range low. The iron market 10 active; prices
firm and unchanged. In timers supplies there
is a good trade. and prices still move upward.
The produce markets opened active to-day.
Apples, potatoes, cabbage. onions, arm at quo
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WOMAN SCULPTOR.
The Story OF Anne whitney and Her trus-
gIes for Success.


ST. Iouis Post Dispatch.
Women who are discouraged by the wa in
which youthful prodigies are forging ahad OF
them, and are conscious of talents that sme-
how or other the world doesn't seem ap-
preclate. will find much comfort in the stoY of
Lhe sculptor. Anne Whitney, whose state of
Left Ericsson has lately been unveiled in Beton
with great honors. All during her voutl she
was stung and spurred by vague amttion
tnat could not seem to find any legitimateouf-
let She turned her hand to many things and
failed in each Finally she placed all her bpes
IN a volume of poems. ardently anti-slaver in
sentiment which she put forth during the bo-
Gtion excitement. II fell perfectly fat Een
the Aboitionists would not read her song i'm
spite of their sectional bitterness, and she at
the age OF thirty, sat down and stared blink
failure IN the face and began to say TO heielf
that she was sef-dece;ved thatthe STRINGS y6il-
in her soul meant nothing at ali. 1t was dung
this period of bitter depression and doubt ,ao
she stood one dark winter afternoon at he
window regarding the expanse of new fahn
snow in the garden. Obeying some yage,
sudden impulse, she went out and begano
build a snow man in the fashion of her childh
days. but to her surprise, as it grew under tr
hands it began to take shapes of beauty. To
passion grew upon her. Day after day, whh
the snow lasted, she worked in it, modelir
copies of statues she had seen and developin
original ideas. When the snow went potter
clay took its place and at last she was able
stand up and say confidently: II have found m.
talent and life work" But she was thirty years
old without the slightest technical knowledge
of her art, and everything to learn. She set
herse1 oraVely TO work TO repair the lost time
and now, middle aged woman. has at last
achieved success. In these years between she
has worked and studied with infinite energy
and patience, and has had many difficulties to
contend with. Some years ago memorial
statute was to be erected. and designs from
artists were invited. The rules of the competi-
tion required that they should be sent anony-
mousiy. Two were chosen as superior to all the
rest. and then of these two one was preferred.
but when the sealed envelopes accompanying
the models were opened it was found that the
successful design was by a woman-Anne
Whitney-and Immediately the decision was re-
versed, and the award given to the second
best design, which was by man. Her beauti-
full statue of the young Norseman who first
stepped American soil is conceded by the
critics to be one of the most beautiful works of
plastic art in the country and her fame, afte
many trials and rebuffs. is at last assured
George Eliot did not discover her genius until
after she was thirty. and Charlotte Bronte was
late in the discovery of hers. 1t is not uncom-
mon for women to be kept by circumstance out
of their intellectual kingdom until long after
they have reached their majority.
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Ds.pensinS with Male Escort.

New Orleans Times Democrat
The custom of women attending the theAter
In groups Of three more without escort is
even more general this winter than ever before.
1t is q very sensible and proper sort OF independ-
ence. for It has always seemed rather hard to
debar ths sex from visiting either opera or play
simply because NO man happened to be available
at the moment. Il is still bit awkward and
en- mbarrassing, for on entering public place
ones shoulder. as though hunting no the mics
ing man. but il the courageous individual be
full of pluck this Ia soon overcome. Tnen there
is strength in numbers. No one thinks of ventur-
inc out with less than two companions, which
sets at any scruples on the score OF personal
protection. To many there is no pleasure equal
to theater-goIne. and prejudice will soon DO
lived down that is based on such narrow limita-
tions.
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tatione. and moving ont wen.- Buttsr-choice
10 scarce and firm sc prices quoted. Eggs in
try is still under q cloud, falling to rally as
usual with the approach of che holidays All
markets seem to be glutted The provision
market maint tains its strong tone. Packers are
killing more hogs at this point than usual. but
the indications are that the packing season will
shorten, SO rapidly has the hog crop been placed
on the market in the early part Of the killing
season. e
GRAIN
The attendance on Change to-day was good,
bidding animated, and the tone Of prices up
ward. Wheat closed firm at quotations aud in
good request futures, as well, strong Corn con-
tinues to advance Notwithstanding the increased
arrivals. Oats were not as firm as last week,
prices being a shade easier. Bran is in good
request at the steadily advancing prices. Track
bids to-day ruled as follows: